Annie Baxter Feature Archive

Fair-market rent for a modest, two-bedroom rental in Minnesota is about $850 and full-time workers would have to earn $16.50 per hour to afford it, according to Minnesota Housing Partnership, one of the groups that released the report in conjunction with the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
(03/24/2014)

Researchers found that local labor markets are growing more uniform and less specialized. There aren't very many places like Silicon Valley boasting a strong concentration of one kind of job.
(03/21/2014)

Minorities in Minnesota may face many hurdles to buying a home. With lower educational attainment, income and savings rates than their white counterparts, some people of color may be less likely to qualify for mortgages -- or to apply for them.
(03/11/2014)

The company has been laying off workers at headquarters in dribs and drabs, often on Tuesdays, according to MPR News sources. That's led some workers to dub those events "Termination Tuesday."
(02/26/2014)

Socially-minded business owners want the chance to legally establish their companies as benefit corporations, or B-corporations. The new kind of corporate charter first appeared in Maryland four years ago. Now, about 20 states allow it.
(02/24/2014)